Texas · Census place 4835300

Hughes Springs, Texas

Hughes Springs is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 1,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 685th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,533
#685 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-54 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
616 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Hughes Springs. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Hughes Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Hughes Springs lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

1,58720201,57720211,56620221,54220231,5332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,591. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hughes Springs covers 2.49 square miles of land, for 616 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hughes Springs is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Hughes Springs spans

Hughes Springs crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,533 residents as follows; Cass County holds 99.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Cass County1,527
  2. 02Morris County6
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Hughes Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hughes Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75656. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hughes Springs is

The Census internal point of Hughes Springs is at 32.998700, -94.631000. Austin, the capital, is 262.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Daingerfield, TX (2,534 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 61.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.998700, -94.631000
DMS
32°59'55.32"N 94°37'51.60"W
UTM
15N 347628.1E 3652324.2N
Geohash
9vuewx5z3
Plus code
8647X9X9+FJ

Daylight in Hughes Springs

At 33.00° N, Hughes Springs gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hughes Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Daingerfield, 5.9 miles away, with 2,534 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hughes Springs, TX?

1,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (3.4%) from 1,587 in July 2020.

What county is Hughes Springs in?

It spans 2 counties: Cass County (1,527 residents), Morris County (6 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Hughes Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75656.

How far is Hughes Springs from Austin?

262.4 miles (422.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hughes Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Hughes Springs?

Daingerfield, TX, with 2,534 residents, 5.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.